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Three global search engines tell EU lawmakers to slap antitrust ruling against Google via new tech rules

Among the three US search engines DuckDuckGo, Germany’s Ecosia, and French peers Qwant and Lilo have asked EU lawmakers to use new tech rules DMA to ensure fair competition

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Among the three US search engines DuckDuckGo, Germany’s Ecosia, and French peers Qwant and Lilo have asked EU lawmakers to use new tech rules DMA to ensure fair competition

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In a major setback to global search engine , three rivals including have urged EU lawmakers to take action against the Alphabet unit via new tech rules. The three EU companies have asked the authorities to be swift in pushing the antitrust ruling against Google.

The in 2018 levied a record 4.24- billion-euro ($5 billion) fine on Google for unfairly using Android to cement the dominance of its search engine and ordered it to ensure a level playing field for rivals.

Google subsequently made changes and four months ago said it would let rivals compete for free to be the default search engine on Android devices in Europe.

US search engine DuckDuckGo, Germany's Ecosia, and French peers Qwant and Lilo said lawmakers should use tech rules drafted by EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager called the (DMA) to ensure competition.

“Despite recent changes, we do not believe it will move market share significantly due to its persisting limitations,” the three companies said in a joint letter to lawmakers.

They said a preference menu that lets users choose their search default when setting up an Android device is not available on Chrome desktop or on other operating systems, and that it is only shown once to users.

“The DMA should enshrine in law a requirement for a search engine preference menu that would effectively ban Google from acquiring default search access points of the operating systems and the browsers of gatekeepers,” they said.

The DMA may come into force in 2023 once it gets the green light from EU lawmakers and EU countries.

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